Population and censuses
Programme approved to help protect ethnic minorities in 2021-2030
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a programme on the protection and development of ethnic minorities in 2021-2030. All population officers, health workers, and prestigious people in ethnic minority communities will be provided with knowledge about population – family planning, and reproductive health care by 2030.Keep ...
2019 Population and Housing Census’ data important for all sectors’ planning: Deputy PM
Data collected from the 2019 Vietnam Population and Housing Census is vital for all sectors and localities to survey and map out development plans, thereby serving national sustainable development towards leaving absolutely no one behind. The statement was made by Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue ...
Trung Hung
IT applied in census on socio-economic status of 53 ethnic minorities
Unlike the first survey conducted in 2015, the second census on the socio-economic status of 53 ethnic minorities will thoroughly apply information technology in all stages. According to the GSO, the biggest difference of this survey is that it mainly uses information collection with the help ...
Hanoi’s forum discusses challenges and opportunities of ageing population
An inter-generational forum was held in Hanoi on September 30 on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons (October 1), showing a positive view of an ageing population in turning challenges into opportunities and to strengthen the understanding of the dynamics of an ...
Socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities groups surveyed
A survey on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minority groups of Vietnam will be launched on October 1, announced the General Statistics Office (GSO). The survey is designed to compile national targets and indicators on ethnic minority affairs, serving the making of policies on socio-economic development in ...
Vietnam actively joins in Global Compact for Migration - seminar
Vietnam has actively participated in the process of building, negotiating, and approving the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), as heard at a Hanoi seminar on August 20.With its active participation in building, negotiating, and approving the GCM, Ambassador Vu Viet Anh, ...
JICA, World Bank support Vietnam to meet aging population’s needs
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank have jointly launched a knowledge-sharing programme to assist Vietnam to develop new models of elderly care services. The programme was announced at a workshop on August 7 at a time when Vietnam’s population is ageing at ...
Vietnam frets as birthrates go low in some localities
The average Vietnamese woman now bears 2.09 children, a figure sustained since 2006. In 1992, the figure was 3.74, Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien said at a meeting on Thursday to commemorate the World Population Day. Vietnam’s annual population growth on average from ...
Le Nga
Vietnam's population hits 96 million
The Central Steering Committee for the Population and Housing Census published preliminary results from the 2019 census on July 11 in Hanoi.As at April 1, Vietnam’s population was more than 96.2 million people, with men accounting for 49.8 per cent and women 50.2 per cent. ...
Hanoi to intensify efforts to improve population quality
Hanoi will increase activities to improve its population quality in the time ahead, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Health Hoang Duc Hanh stated on July 9. He further stressed Hanoi will step up communications to boost public consensus on population issues and also take ...
